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PUTRI ISLAND, INDONESIA. With all the medals awarded in the 5K and 10K races at the 2011 SEA Games held on Putri Island (Pulau Putri, Kepulauan Seribu), Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia took home the open water swimming team honors. Given their proximity to the South China Sea and beautiful coastlines throughout their countries, their prowess […]
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PUTRI ISLAND, INDONESIA. Heidi Gan (shown on left) and Ba Anh Tu Chau of Vietnam were double-trouble at the 2011 SEA Games. Both Heidi and Ba Anh won their second open water swim after capturing the 10K marathon swim in Putri Island (Pulau Putri, Kepulauan Seribu) in Indonesia today. With superb organization of 226 volunteers
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LAKE DISTRICT, ENGLAND. The Windermere 12-way Warriors include Liane Llewellyn, Thomas Noblett, Keith Bartolo, Michelle Lefton, Michelle Sharples and Dee Llewellyn who set the world’s non-stop lake distance swimming record. Their 3-day, 12-way non-stop adventure of 126 miles was 75 hours and 32 minutes of endurance, teamwork and patience in Windermere in the Lake District
MIDMAR, SOUTH AFRICA. In addition to the 8 Mile Charity Club efforts at the aQuellé Midmar Mile, race director Wayne Riddin have set up a Swimmers Fund where the participants in the Midmar Mile are requested to make donations to a special fund that will be distributed to the 2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim athletes
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WESTBROOK, MAINE, U.S.A. Pat Gallant-Charette is too busy to think about her age. At an age most are thinking about retirement and relaxation, Pat is thinking about training, logistics and acclimatization to cold water. For her channel swims, Pat is nominated for the 2011 Woman of the Year. Learn more and vote HERE for 2011
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PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA. The Maraton Patagones-Viedma International Open Water Swim is a FINA-sanctioned 10K professional marathon swim on February 4th 2012. Part of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit, it is supported by the Confederacion Argentina de Deportes Acuaticos and is one of the favorite stops on the professional marathon swimming circuit for many
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Swimming In Cold Water From Generation To Generation Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. According to Dr. Jolie Bookspan, cold acclimatization is a well-documented process of gradually increasing the body’s resistance to cold through regular cold exposure. In her book, Acclimatization to Diving in Cold Water, Dr. Bookspan noted examples of cold acclimatization: the native
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. Dr. Peter Attia, an accomplished open water swimmer who has crossed the Catalina Channel, stopped by and visited with OpenWaterSwimming.com (presented via a webinar). His presentation was shook the foundations of assumed nutrition advice and was very well-received. In simplified terms, Dr. Attia expressed a view of nutrition that is not
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There are chlorinated alternative training opportunities as the warm, long summer days morph into shorter, colder daytime experiences. “Now is the time to work on the skills that will get you through the water with speed and ease,” advises Bruckner Chase, Swimming & Ocean Sports Editor of Liberty Sports. It simply takes a bit of
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The open water swimming competition at the SEA Games XXVI/2011 began Thursday, November 17th on Putri Island among the Thousand Islands of Indonesia. The multi-sport SEA Games (Southeast Asian Games) are held every two year involving participants from the 11 countries of Southeast Asia including Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines,
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